leave out
Britishverb
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to cause to remain in the open
you can leave your car out tonight
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to omit or exclude
Example Sentences
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Unfortunately, one of the people who paid the ultimate price in this feud is Anna’s coworker, whom she couldn’t leave out of her personal problems.
From Salon ● Jul. 17, 2026
And I actually don’t leave out the birthright citizenship case, because to understand how bad this term was, you can’t just count up the decisions.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
It's hard to leave out Miroslav Klose, for example, although for what it's worth the top goalscorer in World Cup history would come in a close 11th.
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2026
Here’s what the postcards leave out, and where you can still see remains of these eras today.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
Human history has no purpose or goal; but there are plenty of origins, foundations, evolutions and developments, and if you leave them out then you leave out any possibility of understanding change.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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